Scientometric Mapping of Royal Jelly Supplementation or Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Mediators: Networking, Emerging Patterns, and Trends

Abstract

Objective: To perform a scientometric mapping analysis of the published literature on royal jelly (RJ) supplementation, oxidative stress (OS), and inflammatory mediators. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search of Scopus was performed using a targeted search strategy on July 13, 2024. All manuscripts published from January 2019 to July 2024 that addressed RJ supplementation and OS or inflammatory mediators were selected. Data extracted from the selected manuscripts were analyzed using various metrics in SciVal and R studio version 4.3.2. Results: Antioxidants and foods had the highest academic output, with three articles each and a citation count of 184 and 71, respectively. Antioxidants also showed a high CiteScore of 10.6 in 2023. Biomedicine and pharmacotherapy had a remarkably high CiteScore of 11.9 with two published articles. Despite having only two articles, the Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology had an impressive citation count of 73. Cyrus Jalili of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Iran had the highest academic output with six publications. Amira Mohammed Ali of Alexandria University in Egypt had the highest number of views per publication, with 37.3. Conclusion: The most productive authors and institutions were identified, with Cyrus Jalili from Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Iran and Alexandria University in Egypt. Lotka’s law was confirmed, and most authors contributed a single article. In addition, extensive international collaboration was observed, underscoring the importance of global collaboration in this area of research.